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NEW WILDLIFE HABITAT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES SCHEDULED
MUCC’s volunteer-based wildlife habitat program has revisited several state game areas each year to continue habitat improvement there. Volunteers have attended projects at the Gratiot-Saginaw SGA, Fulton SGA, Crane Pond SGA, Allegan SGA, and the Pigeon River Country Forest each year since the start of this program in 2013- as long as there are habitat…
Read MoreMICHIGAN OUT-OF-DOORS | MICHIGAN'S BEST IDEA
This article appears in the March/April 2016 issue of Michigan Out-of-Doors. Click here to become a member and subscribe! Forty years ago, a landmark compromise between conservationists and the oil and gas industry forged what might be “Michigan’s Best Idea,” the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund. Today, Michigan citizens in all parts of the state benefit…
Read MorePODCAST EPISODE: TRAPPING | FIELD & STREAM DEER & TURKEY EXPO PART II
We talk with Jon Southworth of the Michigan Trappers and Predator Callers Association and Clint Miller from River Rats Trapping Supply about trapping and common misconceptions about it.
Read MoreLEARN MORE ABOUT POSSIBLE GREAT LAKES WATER DIVERSION-MONDAY 2/29
The Great Lakes provide the foundation of our identity as a region. Supported by all eight Great Lakes states and signed into law in 2008, the Compact was created to protect the Great Lakes from large-scale diversions of water. The city of Waukesha, Wis., — located in the Mississippi River Basin — has proposed a plan…
Read MoreMI BUCK POLE : DEER AND TURKEY EXPO (PART 1)
In Part 1 of our podcast series from the Field & Stream Outdoor Life Deer & Turkey Expo, we joined the MI Buck Pole crew in their booth to talk about females in hunting, the meaning of trophy and more!
Read MoreVOLUNTEERS BUILD BRUSH PILES FOR RABBITAT
I hope everyone took advantage of the awesome weather and got outside over the weekend! Thirteen volunteers returned to the Gratiot-Saginaw State Game Area last weekend to build brush piles for rabbitat and clear shrubs and encroaching timber from a wildlife opening. Among those volunteers were Doug and Dianne Reeves who are both enjoying recent…
Read MoreMICHIGAN OUT-OF-DOORS PODCAST EPISODE 23 – AQUACULTURE AND FISH POOP
MUCC Executive Director Dan Eichinger joins the podcast to discuss why commercial net-pen aquaculture would be terrible for Great Lakes fishing and what we’re doing about it.
Read MoreINVASIVE ALERT: THREATS TO MICHIGAN’S WETLANDS
Nearly 5.5 million acres of Michigan’s landscape are considered wetland, which is roughly 15% of the land area of the state. With increasing reports of water hyacinth, an aquatic plant that has highly problematic invasive tendencies, this just increases our concern for all the threats to critical wetland habitat. Plants at Mara River – Ted D.…
Read MoreMUCC'S WILDLIFE HABITAT PROGRAM AT GRATIOT-SAGINAW SGA
This weekend, MUCC’s wildlife habitat program will be completing a project at the Gratiot-Saginaw State Game Area; making this the fourth habitat project we’ve hosted in the area with the first project being in 2013. In previous projects, volunteers along with the students built large brush piles for rabbitat in fence-rows and on field edges.…
Read MoreKEEPING UP TO DATE WITH INVASIVES: GLOSSY BUCKTHORN
Glossy buckthorn has been planted in the U.S. for nearly 200 years and was commonly used for hedgerows, forestry plantings, and wildlife habitat until its invasive tendencies became apparent. With Michigan being one of the best bird watching states, it’s common for our residents to want to supply the native birds with fruits and seeds,…
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